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Thanks for the advice on using URL shortners. I have a client who has been told they were great for SEO purposes which I thought was incorrect but needed to double check.

They certainly have a use though.

The new Chrome browser add-on is a huge improvement.

I agree with everyone above. I use tags for internal search which it is fantastic for, but I don't use it for SEO purposes

I'm really impressed with the Tribe Calendar- I've been using it almost a year for a community run arts initiative Mass Culture and its working out really well. Not only does it look great but in terms of SEO it has he most complete functionality I've yet found. Also the new Geolocation information really assists in local search too.

I agree with Chris. With such large websites it would be advisable having a sitemap index and then splitting the index into various individual indexes such as Pages, Products, Categories, images, media, tags etc.

I work with a lot of arts events on a minimal budget and I normally move the old website to: www.website.com.au/2011, www.website.com.au/2012 and make the current year www.website.com

In this way you're still getting benefit from having a large website, the archive of the previous events is still there, artists still have a presence and people still find the website in the SERPs, navigate to the homepage which is the current event.

For the most important tags I would recommend writing meta descriptions to help increase traffic and leave it for the less important tags.

There are many website owners that know little to no SEO and keywords aren't even a consideration.

I work with a lot of artists and this is true in many cases. The competition for sculptor City XYZ is huge but the volume is relatively minor. It just means there's A LOT of sculptors in that city.

I find the guest blogging classifies horrible these days. Like all things SEO they were great for a while and now its so full of people that wouldn't pass Grade 2 English that it's a waste of time. It's just a little too hit and miss. I would simply find some blogs you love that are in a similar niche and probably about the same size in terms of online standing and send out a 'how do you do' email. If you like their blog then you already know they have an agreeable writing style so you're half way there. Either that or hire a content writer (like me!) . Many content writers rates are quite inexpensive, especially if you get say 10 articles for a set price.

I just saw this working well for a small web design firm in Victoria Australia. They created a separate page for all the towns in the area, linked to it from their homepage and were dominating SERPs for no reason apart from tricking google into thinking it was a larger firm than it was. That stuff annoys the heck out of  me

There are many website owners that know little to no SEO and keywords aren't even a consideration.

I work with a lot of artists and this is true in many cases. The competition for sculptor City XYZ is huge but the volume is relatively minor. It just means there's A LOT of sculptors in that city.

I work with a lot of arts events on a minimal budget and I normally move the old website to: www.website.com.au/2011, www.website.com.au/2012 and make the current year www.website.com

In this way you're still getting benefit from having a large website, the archive of the previous events is still there, artists still have a presence and people still find the website in the SERPs, navigate to the homepage which is the current event.

For the most important tags I would recommend writing meta descriptions to help increase traffic and leave it for the less important tags.

The new Chrome browser add-on is a huge improvement.